Turkish Traditional Art Today (INDIANA UNIVERSITY TURKISH STUDIES) - Hardcover

Glassie, Henry

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0253325552 ISBN 13: 9780253325556

Publisher: Indiana University Press, 1993

Synopsis

This book presents the living arts and artists of Turkey. It is simultaneously an ethnographic inquiry into the nature of art, an introduction to modern Turkey, and a model study of folk art, combining the current theories of folklore, anthropology, cultural geography, and art history. It is also the most comprehensive analysis yet written of a single artistic tradition and the most complete presentation available of the current practice of the great arts of the Middle East, such as the weaving of carpets and shaping of stately ceramics. Glassie ranges widely across media, but concentrates on calligraphy, woodworking, pottery, and carpet weaving. Throughout his focus is on the artists and their theories and practices as well as the art they produce.

About this title

About the Author

Henry Glassie is College Professor of Folklore and Co-director of Turkish Studies at Indiana University.

From the Back Cover

Turkish Traditional Art Today presents the living arts and artists of Turkey. It is simultaneously an ethnographic inquiry into the nature of art, an introduction to modern Turkey, and a model study of folk art, combining the theories of folklore, anthropology, cultural geography, and art history. Describing his research in the cities, towns, and mountain villages, Glassie ranges widely across media. He tells of architecture, calligraphy, woodworking, and earthenware, but lays particular emphasis on the brilliant, underglaze-painted ceramics of Kutahya and the rich, piled carpets for which Turkey has been famed for centuries. While searching for the traits that define art and the stylistic complexities that characterize Turkish creativity, Glassie focuses on the artists and their theories and practices as well as the works they produce. The result is an account of the current state of Islamic art and a comprehensive analysis of a deep and lively artistic tradition.

Reviews

This beautifully produced work examines the traditional folk arts of Turkey: woodwork, carpets, calligraphy, and weaving. The study is concerned with folk art as a living tradition practiced by living artists; individual artists and their works are described, as are traditional techniques, often in great detail. Geographically arranged, this book fully describes various regions, illustrating each with numerous photographs. Juxtaposing photographs of the area with the objects produced there gives an integrated experience and greatly facilitates understanding of the artistic traditions. The quality of reproduction is excellent, and the publisher is most generous with the number of illustrations included. This comprehensive, well-researched, and clearly written survey should be included in every art library.
- Martin Chasin, Adult Inst., Bridgeport, Ct.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0253325552
• ISBN 13: 9780253325556
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 947